Interview with Stephen Lake, Co-Founder of Thalmic Labs (YC W13) (opens in new tab)

"Something is going on in Waterloo," says Y Combinator founder Paul Graham, "because the applications we get from Waterloo students are better than those we get from students of any other university." [1]

So it begins...

1. http://www.fastcompany.com/3004344/rims-mike-lazaridis-takes...

One unstated, but probably critically important, point in the article is the teams' work ethic. There was a thread on HN and I believe it was one of the YC partners or founders saying that these guys barely slept. They really demanded a lot out of themselves and were all accountable. To go from concept to a large round of funding in such short time probably speaks more to their relentless work ethic than anything. And it probably wasn't just hard work, but also working smart. Hope I can one day be on a team like that.

I'll also add that I absolutely love the product, it has so much potential for future applications. And the market for it is essentially everyone IMO.

This is a really neat idea, one thing that I've always disliked about gloves and other input devices is how intrusive they are, this is very well packaged and un-obtrusive.

Can't wait to play with one.

I m sure,these 12 months were preceded by lot of hard work and sacrifices. Success doesn't happen overnight. It often arrives, when market timing meets intense preparations.

Just a quick thank you to Katherine Hague of Shoplocket for putting together the interview. Her team has a great sense of design and has been a huge supporter of hardware startups and kick starter projects in particular.

She tells me that she has a great lineup of other founders for the upcoming installments. Looking forward to it!

This style of advertising never gets boring no matter how many startups do it.

This site is super annoying.

Beautiful design. Great work Shoplocket!